Ahaha yup mostly all better. Just nagging repetitive work injuries to deal with countryval . And yup nikonphoto80 I indulged with a nice glass of wine to help the soaking. Full photo is of course available in my photos section Minerva_bucolicRollnRob

As highly unusual as it is, I had a bit of free time before my tattoo appointment, so I thought I'd show you my newest tattoo. It also gives me a chance to call attention to something pretty cool that's happening here in my home city. The Lexington Tattoo Project is a happening. A movement, a 3 dimensional art piece tied together by... Read More

I wish I could skiphines I don't even know what it looks like yet. The project members will unveil it later on in the summer I believe. Thank you nikonphoto80 , ron4164, Sinestesy, 78walk and theyerg And it's a bit of an 'over hang'... but I like the play on placement nonetheless... theyerg

Thank you S_Eldorado I'm good! Going thru a life crisis maybe. HAhaha J/K. Lots of things are in transition right now and it's all good. How are you?

A little peak at a fantasy of mine... Here's the results from a completely tattooless photoshoot I did with a beloved photographer friend of mine: Rochambeau Photography The result of hours of applying Dermablend make up. Enjoy! Rye

Ok, ok..... alot has been going on in my personal life. I'm actually mostly to blame as usual. But for now I won't talk about it. i'm just stewing. Trying to get better. Getting my marriage back on track. Enjoying my daughter (she will turn two soon) and trying to work. Keep busy, it's all you can do really. I am... Read More

Thank you again to everyone for my birthday wishes and all the awsome helpful advice for my new vinyl babies! It looks like I've got alotta work ahead of me in the upkeep arena. I hadn't put much thought into it yet other than buy, buy, buy! I actually just bought the new Andrew Bird record for myself for my birthday..... AWSOME!
The... Read More

Today I leave for Sparta Ky.... Indy races, beer, and awsome food with my best girl friend. It's been so long since we've had a chance to connect. Girl time is a must needed, seldom scene event in my life.
Tomorrow.... well, tomorrow is my birthday. I think I am mentally trying to avoid it. My therepist thinks I might be depressed. So... Read More

They make polyethylene sleeves to protect the cover art, and a variety of cardboard or plastic boxes for storage. The main thing, as was mentioned earlier, is records need to be stored in a vertical position to prevent warping. If you want them to last, it's also important to get a decent turntable with a good cartridge, relatively light tracking weight and an elliptical or preferably hyper-elliptical stylus (needle).

You need to clean records regularly before playing - dust particles love to hide in the grooves. The best cleaning tool in the past was Discwasher, but from reading recent reviews on Amazon it sounds like what's now being sold as Discwasher is kinda crappy. I still have my old high-quality Discwasher, so I haven't needed to look for a new one, but here's an ad for an Audio-Technica cleaner that appears to be pretty good: http://reviews.pricegrabber.com/av-accessories/m/10253771/

Cleaning is critical because when you play a record that has dust (often invisible) in the grooves, many of those particles get ground into the vinyl, causing permanent damage.

In terms of a receiver, keep in mind that most models currently sold don't have a phono input, and those that do, apart from the high-end stuff, tend to have a low-quality phono pre-amp. The hot ticket is to get a separate phono preamp with good audio specs, which can be paired with most any receiver. My system is an inexpensive Sherwood RX-4105 stereo receiver (which actually has very good amplifier specs) combined with an inexpensive TCC TC-750LC phono preamp that has great specs.

So I got my knee tattooed yesterday. Today = swell city. I guess I'll be hobbling into work
It's amasing to me how often I can be around the artform in process and still it takes so long for me to get something finished. Right arm is probably only half done although everything that's left is mostly background. And the left arm is... Read More

A Ganesh/om on my back, it was done by JJ at doll star tattoo, well I got it because Hinduism is a pretty big part of my life and Ganesh is the mover of obstacles and I have a lot of obstacles in my life.

i am in the process of getting a bunch of roses that got from my mid back and over to my collar bone on my left side. i got the outline last month and that was one 7 hour sitting. friday i got alot of black shading done and it was 5 more hours.the outline hurt soo bad one the collar bone. everything else was just fine. long sittings though can be nuts!!